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Friday, March 04, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - "Gov. Beshear signs corrections overhaul measure"
From the Louisville Courier Journal, Jessie Halladay reports today in a story that begins:
FRANKFORT, Ky. – A bill hailed as a bi-partisan effort to control the soaring costs of Kentucky’s corrections system while providing better treatment options for drug offenders was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Steve Beshear.Indiana's bill, SB 561, substantially modified from the introduced version, is awaiting consideration in the House.“It enables the state to continue to be tough on crime, but enables us to be smart about it,” Beshear said before signing the measure that experts predict will save about $42 million a year, about half of which will be reinvested in treatment programs and probation and parole efforts.
The law passed the House and Senate with only one dissenting vote in the House.
The final product was the result of months of work by a seven-member task force representing the judicial, executive and legislative branches of state government. * * *
The task force was provided support from the Pew Center on the States, which worked with the group to formulate ideas. The effort was supported with $200,000 from the state budget.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 4, 2011 09:53 AM
Posted to Indiana Government